A companion to the U.S. Civil War . Volume I / / edited by Aaron Sheehan-Dean ; Sean Patrick Adams [and sixty three others], contributors

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, England : , : Wiley, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1202 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.7
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
• Classificazione: HIS036040
• Altri autori: Sheehan-DeanAaron Charles AdamsSean Patrick
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: A Companion to the U.S. Civil War; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I Campaigns and Battles; Chapter One Virginia 1861; References; Chapter Two Missouri; General Histories; Early Battles; Confederate Incursions into Missouri, 1862-1863; The Price Raid; Unit Histories and Soldier Diaries and Memoirs; Guerrilla Warfare; Biographies; Reference Works; References; Chapter Three Mississippi Valley Campaign; References; Chapter Four 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign; References; Chapter Five Logistics; Procurement, Organization, and Supply; Distribution ; Confederate ShortagesReferences; Chapter Six Peninsula Campaign; References; Chapter Seven Soldiers; References; Chapter Eight Kentucky; Kentucky's Civil War Significance and Historiography; Secession Crisis, Neutrality, and Politics; Kentucky Goes to War: Mobilization and Two Confederate Invasions; Emancipation and Black Soldiers; Guerrilla Warfare and Racial Violence; Concluding the War: Vanquished Become Victors; Conclusion and Suggestions for Further Research; References; Chapter Nine Guerrillas; Defining Civil War Irregulars: The Scholarly Debate ; Guerrilla Memoirs/Histories Written by VeteransBiographies and Unit Histories; U.S. Army Counter-Irregular Warfare; The Vietnam War's Impact on U.S. Civil War Scholarship; Scholarship on Militant Dissent in the Civil War; "The Long War" and U.S. Civil War Guerrilla Studies; References; Chapter Ten Maryland Campaign of 1862; References; Chapter Eleven Battle of Antietam; The Commanders; Battle Histories; Phases of the Battle; Specialized Studies and the Battle's Aftermath; References; Chapter Twelve Civil War Tactics; The Last Napoleonic War or the First Modern War? ; Strategies, Doctrine, Operations, and TacticsHow Soldiers Fought; Tactics: How Battles Were Fought; Unit Histories; The State of Civil War Tactical Scholarship; References; Chapter Thirteen Battle of Fredericksburg; References; Chapter Fourteen Blockading Campaigns; Contemporary Accounts of the Blockade; The Efficacy of U.S. Navy Enforcement; Economic Impact of the Blockade; The Blockade as Naval Strategy; The Blockade as Foreign Policy; References; Chapter Fifteen Chancellorsville Campaign; A Campaign of Contingency; Hooker's Campaign Plan and Opening Moves ; The Battle of Chancellorsville, May 1 and 2, 1863The Battle of Chancellorsville, May 3 and 4, 1863; The End of the Campaign and Strategic Results; References; Chapter Sixteen Battle of Gettysburg; References; Chapter Seventeen African-American Soldiering; References; Chapter Eighteen Vicksburg Campaign; References; Chapter Nineteen Occupation; References; Chapter Twenty Arkansas; References; Chapter Twenty-One Indian America; We Are All Americans; Allies; Soldiers; Civilians and Refugees; "Insurgents"; The Vanishing Indian; References; Chapter Twenty-Two Naval Development and Warfare ; Organization and Leadership
• Sommario/riassunto: A Companion to the U.S. Civil War presents a comprehensive historiographical collection of essays covering all major military, political, social, and economic aspects of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Represents the most comprehensive coverage available relating to all aspects of the U.S. Civil WarFeatures contributions from dozens of experts in Civil War scholarshipCovers major campaigns and battles, and military and political figures, as well as non-military aspects of the conflict such as gender, emancipation, literature, ethnicity, slavery, and m
• Titolo autorizzato: A companion to the U.S. Civil War
• ISBN: 1-119-71614-4; 1-78684-611-X; 1-118-80305-1; 1-118-80295-0; 1-118-60907-7; 1-118-80280-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910678002403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wiley-Blackwell companions to American history.